Nausea and Vomiting in Pregnancy: Revisiting their Aetiologies and Treatments in Iranian Traditional Medicine
Tārīkh-i pizishkī i.e., Medical History,
Vol. 5 No. 14 (1392),
25 August 2013
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Page 33-48
https://doi.org/10.22037/mhj.v5i14.4730
Abstract
Nausea and vomiting in pregnancy are among the most common complications of pregnancy affecting almost more than half of the pregnant women. In modern medicine nausea and vomiting in pregnancy are attributed to changes in hormones and pressure on the stomach due to the enlargement of the uterus. Modern treatments include non-medicinal treatments (including diets) and medications like Pyridoxine and Corticosteroids. Since in modern medicine possible causes for such a problem are not fully known, therefore its treatment could be difficult with unidentified effects on fetal health. Iranian Traditional medicine, which is a holistically-oriented medical school, has special attitudes towards diagnosis and treatment of diseases. Gynaecological diseases have always been at the foci of traditional medicine practitioners and in many cases different safe treatment methods have been recommended by traditional medicine. This study is a systematic review scrutinizing issues concerning nausea and vomiting during pregnancy based on reliable sources in Traditional Medicine which was conducted following the categorization and analysis of the gleaned data. In this research at first vomiting and nausea were defined according to Traditional Medicine approaches; then the aetiologies and treatment procedures of them were presented. Overall, based on approaches by the Iranian Traditional Medicine, nausea and vomiting in pregnancy can be due to causes such as increasing of waste materials in the body due to the cessation of menstruation in pregnancy, penetration of such waste materials into the stomach (since there is a relationship between stomach and uterus), and a less fetal demand for menstrual blood during the first three months of pregnancy. Recommended treatments include: lowering the waste production in the body and their disposition in the stomach, strengthening the stomach, and taking medications to alleviate nausea and vomiting. Regarding the fact that treatments in traditional medicine mostly hinge upon principles of prevention, correcting diets and life style along with effective and less problematic therapeutic measures it seems that traditional medicine can be an efficient treatment which can alleviate pregnancy complications. This study is an attempt to review different approaches in traditional medicine concerning the aetiology of this disorder along with its treatments in order to help pregnant women relieved significantly from the great discomfort associated with nausea and vomiting during pregnancy.
- Nausea, Vomiting, Pregnancy, Iranian Traditional Medicine
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